Looking at Snow Spirit before him, Cheng Yu couldn't help marveling once again at the power of time.
The skinny little Snow Spirit, who had once been like Landlord's Foolish Second Son, had now grown into a graceful young woman.
But perhaps because Mu Feng had sheltered her too well, her appearance seemed to be the only thing that had matured.
"Yuyu, I don't want to go to that Small Grotto-Heaven place. Could you please tell Teacher for me~?"
Cheng Yu rolled his eyes and said,
"One of the gold standards for graduating from the Academy is completing a study tour of the Small Grotto-Heaven. If you want to stay at the Academy forever, I suppose I could put in a word with Old Mu."
Hearing this, Snow Spirit let go of Cheng Yu's hand and said indignantly,
"Fine, don't tell him! Cheapskate!"
Cheng Yu responded with a gentle smile, followed by a flick to her forehead.
Watching Snow Spirit clutch her forehead just as she had as a child, despite now being a young woman, Cheng Yu said helplessly,
"Reading ten thousand books is no substitute for traveling ten thousand miles. It'll do you good to get out and see more. Look, you're already up to my shoulder. You can't keep hiding under my wing forever. Sooner or later, you'll have to learn to face everything in this world on your own. Understand?"
Snow Spirit turned her head aside and huffed,
"Hmph! You're trying to fool me again! Didn't you say before that all I needed was to understand what love was? Now you're making me go to some Small Grotto-Heaven! Hmph! Yuyu, you're as mean as ever!"
Cheng Yu sat in his chair and once again said helplessly,
"That's because all you understand is the theory. Love can